If the ‘friends-to-lovers’ trope isn’t your favourite, then Golden Globe Award-winner Sarah Snook and husband Dave Lawson might convince you otherwise.
Anytime Succession released a new season, the HBO drama would be inundated with award nominations; Sarah Snook included. If you watched the ceremonies closely, Sarah’s comedian husband could probably be seen nearby.
But when the Australian actor met Dave in 2014, their relationship was purely platonic.
“We’ve been friends since 2014, lived together, travelled together, always excited to see each other, but totally platonic. We’ve just never been single at the same time,” Sarah confessed to Vogue Australia in 2021.
While it is unclear how the lovebirds met, Dave and Sarah were following similar career paths. Australian-born Dave studied advertising and marketing after high school, but his passion was in acting.
He got his start thanks to a friend’s mum, who was a casting agent. After several roles in TV commercials, he then landed a hosting gig on Nickelodeon’s Saturday Nick Television, Sarvo, and Camp Orange in Australia.
Then, when he eventually “stopped enjoying the slime,” Dave transitioned into acting where he starred on Wentworth, Blue Heelers and The Crew’s Ship.
Their relationship changed from platonic to romantic when they bunkered down together in Australia after the pandemic hit in early 2020. As time passed, stuck indoors, they fell in love.
On Halloween that same year, Sarah proposed.
“There’s a really lovely grace in that without the pandemic, we might not have ended up together so quickly,” she told Vogue Australia.
Foregoing the traditional white dress, Sarah donned a vintage velvet Chloé coat and Blundstones for her backyard wedding ceremony, held at her home in Brooklyn, New York. Her Succession co-star Ash Zukerman was the witness for their ceremony in February 2021.
Sarah, 38, and Dave, 48, have valued privacy over publicity in their relationship. So, for the season four premiere of Succession, Sarah stepped out – with no announcement or teasing comments – 32-weeks pregnant.
Months later on May 29, 2023, the actress shared a picture of herself watching the Succession finale with her bubs crown in the bottom half.
Fans didn’t even know the baby’s gender until the 2024 Golden Globes.“I love it. She’s the best,” she told People. “She’s standing. Not walking yet, but she’s standing supported.”
“She’s great. I love her.”
This is a momentous time for the lovebirds, however, Dave isn’t a complete newbie when it comes to parenting. On the Funny in Failure podcast, the actor revealed he has a son from a previous relationship.
“I can’t have regrets because I wouldn’t have [my son]. It’s that problem, if you go back in time and change one thing. A lot of it comes back to being a dad. If I change one thing … I wouldn’t want to risk undoing that,” he shared.
It has been a while since we’ve seen Sarah and Dave together. However, they are both set to appear on Sam Pang Tonight on November 16, with Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja. Stay tuned!
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